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SANATORIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sanatorium mean?
• SANATORIUM (noun)
The noun SANATORIUM has 2 senses:
1. a hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases
2. pejorative terms for an insane asylum
Familiarity information: SANATORIUM used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
sanatarium; sanatorium; sanitarium
Hypernyms ("sanatorium" is a kind of...):
hospital; infirmary (a health facility where patients receive treatment)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Pejorative terms for an insane asylum
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Bedlam; booby hatch; crazy house; cuckoo's nest; funny farm; funny house; loony bin; madhouse; nut house; nuthouse; sanatorium; snake pit
Hypernyms ("sanatorium" is a kind of...):
asylum; insane asylum; institution; mental home; mental hospital; mental institution; psychiatric hospital (a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person)
Context examples
He will require some few weeks' rest in our sanatorium in the hills, but will then return.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
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